HUSKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does husking mean? 

• HUSKING (noun)
  The noun HUSKING has 1 sense:

1. the removal of covering

  Familiarity information: HUSKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUSKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The removal of covering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering

Hypernyms ("husking" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "husking"):

deforestation; disforestation (the removal of trees)

cornhusking (the act of removing the husks from ears of corn)

Derivation:

husk (remove the husks from)

 Context examples 

But an international study has shown that husking rice before parboiling reduces arsenic content, potentially lowering the risk of cancer.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)